North Fort Myers was one of the hardest-hit areas in Florida overnight, as a powerful storm surge and a tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton caused widespread destruction. Streets are now littered with debris, and homes in mobile home parks sustained significant damage.

Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane on Monday morning at a rate rarely seen and is on course to strike west-central Florida as one of the most impactful U.S. hurricanes in modern memory.

A 43-year-old man recently admitted to stealing from airline passengers while he worked as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference at a Home Depot in Fort Myers on Tuesday morning, where he spoke about the tax-free holiday to help South Floridians prepare for the upcoming hurricane season.

A Florida man is facing charges after officers say he hit his pool contractor with a bat during an argument.

A Florida man may never be able to own a dog again, after horrifying video shows him stomping and kicking his own dog.

The Florida Lottery is urging people to check their Fantasy Five tickets after one of two winning tickets was sold at a gas station in Miami Monday evening.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito will undergo right elbow surgery, potentially ending his first season with the team before it even begins.

A Florida bill to allow people to file wrongful death lawsuits over the death of a fetus is being shelved because of the political fallout from an Alabama Supreme Court decision that frozen embryos are legally protected children.

As officers tried to get a would-be bank robber in Florida to surrender, the man decided instead to take two hostages. Then he put one of them in a headlock and held a knife to her throat — and that’s when a sheriff’s sniper ended it.

A Florida man stole a pricey piece of memorabilia from a Fort Myers restaurant but later does a one, two, three to the four and brings it back.

A Florida woman hit the $1 million jackpot after playing a lottery scratch-off game, Lottery officials announced Monday.

A relaxing day at the pool took a terrifying turn near Fort Myers after a woman spotted a massive snake slithering close to her.

A 6-year-old boy who left on a flight for the Christmas holiday to visit his grandmother in southwest Florida instead was put on the wrong plane and ended up 160 miles away in Orlando.

Fort Lauderdale residents experienced the rainiest year ever recorded.

Hurricane Ian pummeled through the town of Fort Myers Beach one year ago Thursday, leaving a path of devastation behind.

One year ago today, southwest Florida was ravaged by one of the fiercest hurricanes to hit the U.S. coastline this century.

A Florida man won $1 million playing the Mega Millions game, and claimed his prize this week, Florida Lottery officials confirmed this week.

Five teenagers were killed when their car ran off a curving street and landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, authorities said.

A judge in southwest Florida handed down a death sentence Monday for a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter more than 30 years ago.

A Lee County man claimed a $1 million prize playing the 50X The Cash scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery confirmed Tuesday.

A man in Florida lost his arm after being attacked by an alligator behind a bar.

Baby girl weighing less than one pound is born at a Southwest Florida hospital.

A Florida man is accused of ambushing a 13-year-old girl after she got off her school bus.

A new study says changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts.

Police arrested a truck driver Monday after they accused him of stealing more than $168,000 worth of Red Bull over three separate thefts from a warehouse near Miami International Airport.

Hurricane Ian briefly reached maximum Category 5 status before weakening to a Category 4 storm as it blasted ashore last September in southwest Florida, eventually causing over $112 billion in damage in the U.S. and more than 150 deaths directly or indirectly.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was set to hold a news conference in Fort Myers Friday morning.

Boston Red Sox infielder Justin Turner needed 16 stitches after he was hit in the face by a pitch during a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers.

The Florida Lottery announced its third Mega Millions jackpot winner Wednesday.

The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed removing the wading bird from the endangered species list.

The Florida Highway Patrol has released video of a very reckless ride on a dark Florida highway.

Driving in the left lane on a Florida highway could be illegal, if a new bill proposed in the Florida Senate passes.

Florida police have arrested a man they said was caught on camera breaking into a restaurant and then defecating on the floor.

Florida police are looking for a man, who they said was caught on camera breaking into a restaurant and then defecating on the floor.

The remains of a man who was reported missing after Hurricane Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast last year have been recovered from a sunken sailboat, sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies in the Florida Keys arrested a Fort Myers couple on child abuse and drug charges after they found a 2-year-old child in “squalid” conditions, authorities said Wednesday.

A driver goes over the edge of a bridge in Fort Myers and it was all caught on camera.

The Florida Medical Examiners Commission announced on Friday that Hurricane Ian killed 144 people in 19 counties.

Florida sheriff's deputies have arrested an Uber driver accused of raping one of his passengers after dropping her off at her home.

The Florida Legislature will meet next week for a special session on property insurance and property tax relief in the wake of damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

Two women from southwest Florida became millionaires last week after winning $1 million and $2 million respectively while playing the Monopoly Doubler scratch-off game.

Federal officials say U.S. aid to Florida for recovery from Hurricane Ian has topped the $2 billion mark.

It has been a month since Hurricane Ian ravaged southwest Florida.

The Florida Lottery has announced that one of the two winning Mega Millions tickets from Friday night’s drawing was purchased in Florida.

The Local 10 community relations team, Steven Gurowitz, and his associates collected disaster relief supplies for one week and packed three, 30-foot trucks for the journey to Fort Myers.

Hurricane Ian might have come and gone, but it has done long-term damage to the small businesses of a region heavily dependent on tourists and seasonal residents.

With numerous residents displaced and voting precincts destroyed by Hurricane Ian, local officials in Lee County are concerned about how the storm could impact voter turnout in the November election.

Last week, as President Joe Biden toured the ruins of Fort Myers and surroundings following the destruction brought by Hurricane Ian.

A woman who always rode her bike and didn't have a car was forced to wait out Ian. Now, she's living in a shelter among 500 other survivors.

Ashley Garner had given up on ever seeing her wedding ring again.

In order to get water lines up and running again, Miami-Dade County sent a large group of utility workers to the other coast of Florida to begin making critical repairs after Hurricane Ian decimated the area.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden will both be making appearances in southwest Florida Wednesday to speak about the recovery efforts in place following Hurricane Ian.

The full breadth of Hurricane Ian's destruction is still coming into focus a week after it hit southwest Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis received a briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday and will continue to travel to areas impacted by Hurricane Ian with First Lady Casey DeSantis.

Evacuation and relief efforts continued in Southwest Florida on Tuesday, as the death toll surpassed 100 from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.

Throughout a southwest Florida devastated by Hurricane Ian, Jews plan to hold worship services for Yom Kippur starting Tuesday night.

Thomas Edison and Henry Ford’s winter estates, despite being located right on the river, are in good shape, all things considered.

Andrew Woeck got up an up close and personal view of Hurricane Ian.

Fort Myers and the barrier island to the east Cayo Costa is where Hurricane Ian crashed ashore.

Experts say that Hurricane Ian is shining a spotlight once again on the vulnerability of the nation’s barrier islands and the increasing cost of people living on them.

Dozens of Florida residents have evacuated from their flooded and splintered homes by boat and air as rescuers search for survivors after Hurricane Ian.

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno visited Times Square in Fort Myers Beach. He rode a helicopter with Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis.

Newborn babies in need of intensive medical care were among the Hurricane Ian victims who have been transferred to South Florida hospitals after the Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Ian’s aftermath in Lee and Collier counties means driving through inundated streets despite a gas shortage, shopping only with cash at the few stores open, staying away from damaged electric poles, and finding boats stuck in unlikely areas.

Thursday morning daylight revealed the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Lee County where the Category 4 storm made landfall Wednesday in Cayo Costa.

Cars are left abandoned where they stalled on the road into Fort Myers Beach when Hurricane Ian's storm surge flooded their engines and their drivers couldn’t continue.

A woman was on her knees on the side of the road assembling a chainsaw, next to a blue pickup truck with large wheels, on Thursday in Fort Myers.

It's a critical time for residents of southwest Florida and other parts of the state affected by Ian. Here's how you can help.

Thursday morning daylight revealed the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Lee County where the Category 4 storm made landfall Wednesday in Cayo Costa.

From Fort Myers to Orlando, the day after Hurricane Ian swept through southwest and central Florida shows plenty of devastation.

The National Hurricane Center said Ian could return at or near hurricane strength on Friday when it enters the Atlantic Ocean toward South Carolina and North Carolina.

Hurricane Ian has regained some strength after exiting Florida and taking aim at South Carolina.

Hurricane Ian is currently hitting the Gulf Coast of Florida after strengthening to a Category 4 storm before making landfall, possibly near Port Charlotte.

Hurricane Ian's most damaging winds began hitting Florida's southwest coast Wednesday, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge after strengthening to the threshold of the most dangerous Category 5 status.

Surveillance video has been released this week of a school resource deputy in Lee County who saved a 5-month-old baby who was choking.

A fisherman made a shocking discovery on a Fort Myers Beach and now Florida Fish and Wildlife officials are investigating.

Daniel Joseph Tisone, 35, of Naples, pleaded guilty Monday in Fort Myers federal court to wire fraud, bank fraud, illegal monetary transaction and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, court documents show. He faces up to 60 years in federal prison at a hearing scheduled for Dec. 5.

The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition is a nonprofit dedicated to ending the disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with convictions. It has a program funded by donations to help with their fines and fees.

A mother who followed a strict vegan diet in Florida faces sentencing for the malnutrition death of her 18-month-old son.

A mother who followed a strict vegan diet in Florida faces sentencing for the malnutrition death of her 18-month-old son.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 6-year-old Zainab Hassan was last seen in the 2200 block of Fowler Street in Fort Myers on July 1.

A Missing Child Alert was issued Wednesday morning for two children from southwest Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke out about school safety and warned potential school shooters on Wednesday, one day after signing the new school safety bill into law in Florida.

A study released Tuesday by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University finds that 15 housing markets in the U.S., including one in Florida, are overvalued by 50 percent or more and poised for potential price corrections.

A semi truck dangled off a Florida overpass for hours after an accident along I-75 in Fort Myers on Friday.

Three endangered Florida panthers have died after being struck by vehicles over the past week.

De’mari Jackson’s loved ones are remembering him as a hero.

Lee County Sheriff's deputies rescued an injured baby deer in Fort Myers.

The Boston Red Sox have announced their signing of former Rockies shortstop Trevor Story to make the deal official.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 9 a.m. Friday in Fort Myers. Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Dane Eagle and Volunteer Florida CEO Corey Simon will also be present for the news conference.

Baseball’s bitter 99-day lockout moved a little further back in the rearview mirror when spring training games began Thursday.

A Florida couple has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 relief funds.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference with Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie Friday morning in Fort Myers.

Leona Maguire became the first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history Saturday, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony.

Leona Maguire and Marina Alex shared the lead Friday in the LPGA Drive On Championship after another windy round at Crown Colony.

An EF2 tornado with estimated wind speeds of 118 mph touched down in Fort Myers.

After a dry start to the weekend, a squall line of thunderstorms will interrupt outdoor plans on Sunday. Some storms could be strong.

A South Florida man is facing battery charges for allegedly biting the top off a hospital security guard’s finger, after deputies say he became combative with hospital staff.